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Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss)/gain on disposal			$ 113,192,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
(Loss)/gain on disposal	$ 27,000		(10,100,000)
Assets and liabilities disposed			355,400,000
Cash sale proceeds			$ 218,200,000
Discontinued operation, consideration, number of shares			12.5
Discontinued operation, consideration, value of shares received			$ 127,100,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale \| Capital Lease Obligations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Guaranty liabilities		$ 185,300,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Debt guarantee fees \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Continuing cash flows after disposal		800,000	600,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Management and administrative services \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Continuing cash flows after disposal		1,500,000	2,200,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Pool expense \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Continuing cash flows after disposal		0	3,700,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Ship management fees, Golar Artic and FSRU Golar Tundra \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Continuing cash flows after disposal		1,500,000	500,000
Cool Company Ltd \| Ship management fees, LNG Croatia \| Discontinued operations, disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Continuing cash flows after disposal		$ 100,000	$ 0